Tom Lowery and Jose Úrbez-Torres of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada discuss Leafroll 3 (GLRaV-3) and insects known to spread the disease including grape mealybug, and cottony maple scale. The research being done in this multi-year study plan to determine the positive and negative effects of insecticides on Leafroll management.

Tom Lowery and Jose Úrbez-Torres are also appealing to growers who are willing to participate in the research.

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Having a clean plant program in Canada will allow growers to replant vineyards with healthy domestically produced vines to maintain the long-term viability of their vineyards.